Mac OS X Contract Job Trends in the City of London

Apple Mac OS X
Central London > City of London

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in the City of London requiring Mac OS X skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 6 November 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
6 Nov 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 - 146
Rank change year-on-year - - +49
Contract jobs citing Mac OS X 3 0 4
As % of all contract jobs in the City of London 0.17% - 0.14%
As % of the Operating Systems category 1.69% - 1.02%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 3
10th Percentile £219 - -
25th Percentile £221 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £250 - £140
Median % change year-on-year - - -64.78%
75th Percentile £284 - £156
90th Percentile £289 - £166
Central London median daily rate £250 - £140
% change year-on-year - - -64.78%

All Operating Systems
City of London

Mac OS X falls under the Operating Systems category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring operating system skills in the City of London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for operating system skills 177 273 392
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London 10.28% 12.94% 14.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 135 180 263
10th Percentile £201 £256 £201
25th Percentile £313 £363 £350
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £525 £500 £500
Median % change year-on-year +4.95% +0.05% -6.98%
75th Percentile £664 £638 £625
90th Percentile £721 £725 £700
Central London median daily rate £500 £500 £485
% change year-on-year - +3.09% -3.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 3
10th Percentile £24.50 £24.29 £19.39
25th Percentile £25.63 £26.03 £20.09
Median hourly rate £27.75 £69.50 £22.50
Median % change year-on-year -60.07% +208.89% +15.38%
75th Percentile £29.69 £112.00 £38.13
90th Percentile £30.03 - £46.75
Central London median hourly rate £27.50 £69.50 £22.50
% change year-on-year -60.43% +208.89% +13.92%

Mac OS X
Job Vacancy Trend in the City of London

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Mac OS X relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in the City of London.

Mac OS X job vacancy trend in the City of London

Mac OS X
Daily Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS X.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Hourly Rate Trend in the City of London

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS X.

Contractor hourly rate distribution trend for jobs in the City of London citing Mac OS X

Mac OS X
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the City of London by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Exchange
Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Dynamics CRM
Cloud Services
1 2 (66.67%) Azure
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft 365
2 1 (33.33%) Entra ID
Communications & Networking
1 2 (66.67%) IP Telephony
2 1 (33.33%) Internet
2 1 (33.33%) Intranet
2 1 (33.33%) LAN
2 1 (33.33%) TCP/IP
2 1 (33.33%) VPN
2 1 (33.33%) WAN
General
1 2 (66.67%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support
1 1 (33.33%) Desktop Support Engineer
1 1 (33.33%) IT Administrator
1 1 (33.33%) IT Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Service Desk Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (66.67%) Video Conferencing
2 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
2 2 (66.67%) Windows 10
3 1 (33.33%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) ITIL
1 2 (66.67%) ITSM
2 1 (33.33%) Asset Management
2 1 (33.33%) B2B
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CRM
2 1 (33.33%) Customer Service
2 1 (33.33%) Cybersecurity
2 1 (33.33%) Mobile Device Management
2 1 (33.33%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) PowerShell
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) A+ Certification
1 1 (33.33%) Degree
1 1 (33.33%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
1 1 (33.33%) MCSA
1 1 (33.33%) MCSE
1 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Certification
1 1 (33.33%) MOS
System Software
1 2 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (33.33%) Virtual Desktop
Systems Management
1 2 (66.67%) SCCM
2 1 (33.33%) Microsoft Intune
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Apple
1 2 (66.67%) Microsoft
2 1 (33.33%) Altiris
2 1 (33.33%) Avaya
2 1 (33.33%) Bomgar
2 1 (33.33%) Citrix
2 1 (33.33%) Polycom
2 1 (33.33%) Wyse